Q & A
As a journalist, William T. Vollmann has
traveled with the anti-Soviet mujahideen in Afghanistan. He has lived
for a year as a homeless rail-jumper, smoked crack and frequented
prostitutes.
He
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Portland jazz bids farewell to one of its leading lights.

Music Stories
How will Portland jazz survive without Andrew
Oliver? Since Hurricane Katrina blew the young pianist back to his
hometown in 2005 after a few years at New Orleans’ Loyola University,
he
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Music Stories
Born: In 1942 in Garnant, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Sounds like: Pop music filtered through classical training and imbued with a confrontational spirit.
For fans of: Patti Smith, David Bowie, Bri
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